Employee performs professional work by establishing and implementing the necessary veterinary protocols at the Cumberland County Animal Shelter to provide the best possible care and treatment to all animals entering and existing the shelter.

Duties include developing, implementing and managing veterinary processes, programs and systems that address health and disease prevention needs in a shelter environment to reduce euthanasia, enhance life expectancy and reduce behavior problems in shelter animals.

Duties may also include providing sterilization and rabies vaccinations for all animals adopted and rabies vaccinations for animals reclaimed; assessing and maintaining the health of animals with the shelter; completing regular rounds of the animals in the shelter and providing veterinary care to the animals; maintaining veterinary records of animals seen, veterinary procedures performed, and medications prescribed; writing and updating policies and procedures related to the veterinary care of animals in the shelter. Work is performed under general supervision and is evaluated in terms of the effectiveness of the veterinary program.

Examples of Duties

Provides high quality and fast paced veterinary care of animals in the shelter.

Additional Salary Information: Salary will be determined by applicant's qualifying education and experience.

Internal Number: 201800221

About Cumberland County Animal Control

The Cumberland County Animal Control Department enforces all state and local laws pertaining to the ownership, regulation and control of dogs, cats, and other animals within the County. The department is responsible for picking up stray animals, livestock, exotic animals as well as wildlife that poses a threat to health and safety and rabid animals. Animal Control may also be able to assist with severely injured wildlife.
Animal Control officers respond to calls all over the County, check for compliance with rabies vaccination laws, as well as dog and cat license mandates.
The Department also investigates all animal bites as mandated by North Carolina law. If you are attacked or bitten by an animal, call Animal Control at 910-321-6852 during normal duty hours or call the Sheriffs Office at 910-323-1500 ONLY after normal duty hours to report it and try to locate the owner of the animal, if possible. Then seek medical attention if the skin has been broken.